Rescuers have recovered 12 more bodies as hopes faded for 26 people still missing after a barge with 261 onboard sank off Mumbai when a powerful cyclone lashed the region.
The last of 186 survivors were rescued on Wednesday, and since then navy rescuers using five warships, a surveillance aircraft and three helicopters have found only floating bodies, navy spokesman Commander Mehul Karnik said.
A total of 49 bodies have now been recovered since the search was launched, he said. Most of the survivors and bodies have arrived in Mumbai, he said.
Indrajeet Singh, a survivor, recalled that everyone on the large barge rushed to the deck sensing danger during the storm. Water gushed into the barge and it started tilting, The Hindustan Times newspaper quoted him as saying.
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